"The Caterpillar" [Netty Simons]

"The Caterpillar" [Netty Simons]

First line of lyrics: Brown and furry

Part of: "Songs for Wendy"

Simons, Netty; music (American, 1913-1994)

Rossetti, Christina Georgina; text (English, 1830-1894)

1975 [composition]; 1977 [copyright]

Bryn Mawr: Merion Music, Inc., Theodore Presser Company, Sole Representative

genre: song|children's music|song cycle

solo: voice

instrumentation: viola

initial sharps/flats: no sharps or flats

origin: United States

female composer

English

Rossetti poem(s): "'Brown and furry'"

Place in the larger work: The fourth song of five in the song cycle called "Songs for Wendy" which includes 1. "The Fly" (William Blake); 2. "A Centipede" (Anonymous); 3. "On the Grasshopper and Cricket" (John Keats); 4. "The Caterpillar" (Christina G. Rossetti); 5. "Was Worm" (May Swenson).

Notes about the text: Lines 5 and 6 of the poem were not included in the song. The word "May" has been added in the beginning of line 7 of the poem. Line 8 of the poem, "Hovering bird of prey pass by you" has been replaced in the lyrics with "May the little birds pass by you."

Tempo markings: quarter note = 50

Performance instructions: "legato, soft, with a sense of great intimacy"

Format 1: musical score

1 page (p. 5); performance time 1 minute and 10 seconds.

In reference to the published works below: Gooch and Thatcher 4256

Reference: Gooch, Bryan N.S. and David S. Thatcher. Musical Settings of Early and Mid-Victorian Literature: A Catalogue. New York: Garland, 1979.

Reference: Ezust, Emily. The LiederNet Archive. http://www.lieder.net/lieder/index.html

Cataloguer: Benzir Harold Dmello, University of Ottawa

Musical score: Elmer E. Rasmuson Library, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, Alaska

Record: CRM-brownandfurry-simons

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